Cranberry Lemon Cookie Recipe Recipe Cards Recipe Cards

CRANBERRY LEMON SANDWICHES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream the butter, shortening and sugars until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, lemon zest and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in cranberries. Cover and refrigerate for 2 hours or until easy to handle. , Roll into 1-in. balls. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Flatten with a glass dipped in sugar. Bake at 350° for 12-14 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Remove to wire racks to cool. , In a small bowl, combine the filling ingredients; beat until smooth. Spread on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.

CRANBERRY PECAN COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, combine cookie dough, pecans, chips, cranberries and vanilla. Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets., Bake until lightly browned, 10-12 minutes. Cool 2 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks. Store in an airtight container.

OLD ENGLISH LEMON-CRANBERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 2 baking sheets.
• Mix the flour, sugar, baking soda, walnuts, and cloves together in a large mixing bowl. Beat the egg, applesauce, lemon juice, vanilla, cranberries, lemon zest, and butter together in a separate bowl with an electric hand mixer; pour into the flour mixture and mix well. Drop spoonfuls of the dough 2 inches apart onto the prepared baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the edges are golden, about 10 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1 minute before removing to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with the confectioners' sugar to serve.

LEMON CRANBERRY BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350°F. Lightly spray a 9x5 inch loaf pan with non-stick spray and set aside.
• In a small bowl, toss the cranberries and lemon zest with the 1 tablespoon of granulated sugar. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In another bowl, whisk together the remaining 1/2 cup sugar, eggs, and melted butter until well combined.
• Add the milk and vanilla and whisk until combined.
• Add this mixture to the flour mixture and stir until just combined.
• Fold in the cranberries.
• Scoop the batter into the prepared loaf pan, smoothing the top.
• Bake 45-55 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the centre of the loaf comes out clean.
• Allow the bread to cool for 10-15 minutes in the loaf pan, and then remove it to a wire rack to cool completely.
• In a small bowl, whisk together the powdered sugar and lemon juice until smooth to make the glaze.
• Drizzle the glaze over top of the cooled bread.

LEMON CRANBERRY COOKIES RECIPE - (4.2/5)

Steps:

• In a medium sized bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, and salt in a bowl and set aside. In a large bowl, rub the lemon zest into the sugar until moist and fragrant. Add the butter to the lemon sugar and beat until light and fluffy - 3-5 minutes. Add the egg and vanilla, mixing until smooth. Add in the flour mixture, mixing until just incorporated. Fold in the cranberries by hand. Cover and chill for at least 30 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350. Gently form the dough into balls and bake for 13-15 minutes on parchment lined cookie sheets. Let the cookies cool slightly before moving them to a rack to cool completely. To make the glaze, mix the powdered sugar and lemon juice together, and drizzle over the fully-cooled cookies.

CRANBERRY LEMON SHORTBREAD COOKIES

Steps:

• With an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and lemon zest.
• Combine flour, salt and cranberries. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture, blending until smooth. Form dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap.
• Refrigerate for 30 minutes (not included in prep time). to make it easier to handle.
• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of parchment paper to 1/2-inch (1 cm) thickness.
• Cut into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutter or knife. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets and bake until lightly golden around the edges, 15 to 20 minute
• Cool completely on wire rack.
• Icing:.
• Mix icing sugar and cranberry juice to form a pale pink icing. Keep covered until ready to use. Once cookies have cooled, decorate each cookie with icing and allow to firm up.

CRANBERRY-LEMON SHORTBREAD

Steps:

• With an electric mixer, beat butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and lemon zest.
• Combine flour, salt and cranberries. Gradually stir flour mixture into butter mixture, blending until smooth. Form dough into a ball and wrap with plastic wrap. Refrigerate for 30 min. to make it easier to handle.
• Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Roll dough out on a lightly floured surface or between two sheets of parchment paper to about 1/4-in (5-mm) thickness. Cut into desired shapes with lightly floured cookie cutter or knife. Place cookies on ungreased cookie sheets and bake until lightly golden around the edges, about 10 to 12 min. Cool completely on wire rack. Icing: Mix icing sugar and cranberry juice to form a pale pink icing. Keep covered until ready to use. Once cookies have cooled, decorate each cookie with icing and allow to firm up.

CRANBERRY ORANGE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease light colored baking sheets with non stick cooking spray and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
• Whip in vanilla, egg, orange zest and juice.
• Scrape sides and mix again.
• Stir in all dry ingredients slowly until just combined, excluding the powdered sugar.
• Scrape sides of the bowl and mix again briefly.
• Stir in chopped cranberries.
• Pour powdered sugar onto a large plate. Roll a 2 teaspoon of dough into a ball and roll in powdered sugar.
• Place on the baking sheet and repeat with the remaining dough.
• Bake for 9-11 minutes or until bottoms begin to barely brown and cookies look matte {not melty or shiny}. Remove from oven and cool cookies about 3 minutes before transferring to cooling rack.

CRANBERRY LEMON CAKE

Steps:

• Beat together eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla.
• Mix in Lemon zest and juice.
• Add flour and baking powder and mix well.
• Fold in cranberries.
• Pour into 9 x 9 cake pan (the batter will be thick).
• Bake at 350 degrees 40-45 minutes .

CRANBERRY CURD

Steps:

• Place cranberries in a medium saucepan. Add water and sugar and bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat to medium-low and cook, stirring occasionally, until cranberries have burst, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Pour cranberry mixture into a food processor or blender; blend until smooth, 10 to 20 seconds. Reserve 1/3 cup and return remaining cranberry mixture to the saucepan over low heat.
• Whisk egg yolks together in a small bowl. Slowly add reserved cranberry mixture, whisking constantly. Slowly whisk egg-cranberry mixture back into the saucepan and continue whisking until thickened and the curd coats the back of a metal spoon, about 5 minutes. Add butter, 1 tablespoon at a time, whisking until melted and fully incorporated.
• Pour into a sterile jar and allow to cool. Curd keeps in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.